NURSING leaders vowed yesterday to win the “war” for better conditions, as protesting staff took their strike to the streets.

THE president of the Irish Nurses Organisation, Madeline Spiers, is calling for a campaign of action in pursuit of claims that include a 35-hour week for nurses.

ON February 2, a national ballot of 40,000 nurses and midwives indicated a 96% vote in favour of a campaign of action in pursuance of certain priority claims, including a 35-hour week.

The Department of Health has said that a claim for better pay and working conditions lodged by nurses would cost the taxpayer an estimated €1bn.

DOCTORS’ and nurses’ unions are backing a nationwide campaign to halt the drive towards privatising the State’s healthcare system.

Allowing nurses to prescribe drugs will help create a more patient-friendly health service, it was claimed today.

Nurses vowed to step up their campaign against overcrowding on hospital A&E wards today to demand immediate Government action to solve the problem.

IT is unethical, unprofessional and dangerous to accept nurse/patient ratios that prevent nurses from providing safe care, the Irish Nurses' Organisation (INO) has claimed.

A KEY issue that has been largely overlooked in the health debate is mandated nurse/patient ratios. The high level of MRSA reported in our hospitals brings increased urgency to this topic.

Relatives of patients stranded on trolleys in hospital corridors today begged the Government to give them some dignity.

NEW legislation is needed to tackle the hidden problem of abuse of the elderly, nurses warned yesterday.

A SURGE in the number of fitness to practice complaints against nurses has led to calls for the public condemnation of employers who fail to protect staff.

THE Irish Nurses Organisation is to lead to public revolt against government cutbacks they claim are crippling the health system.